Lung exercising toy



w. J. BERNETT LUNG EXERCISING TOY Nov, 30, 1937..

Filed March 11, 1936 v INVENTOR Nil/I5 d; Berneif' BY ATTORNEY PatentedNov. 30, 1937 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LUNG EXERCISING TOY WillisJ. Bernett, Kansas City, Mo.

Application March 11, 1936, Serial No. 68,279

8 Claims. (01. 273-95) 'My invention relates to toys, and more parof thesame construction in both forms of the ticularly to lung exercisingtoys. invention shown,-but of slightly different pro- It is a purpose ofmy invention to provide a toy portions. Said base portion may be made ofany which is designed to require the exercise of suitable material andis provided with a passage skill in blowing a ball of light material,such as 2 that leads into an enlarged opening 3, into 5 pith, so thatthe same will engage in certain which the hollow stem, or blow pipe, 4extends, pockets in the device. the same being fixed therein so as toprovide a More particularly it is a purpose of my influid-tight jointbetween the members I and 4. vention to provide a device of the abovemen- The blow pipe 4, or stem 4, may be of any desired tioned character,which can be used for the purlength. The passage 2 is provided with anup- 10 pose of testing ones skill in blowing a ball of the wardlyextending leg 5 that extends through the above mentioned character, andcan be utilized top surface of the base I, the top surface '6 of as agame of skill. said base sloping downwardly from the periphery Moreparticularly my invention comprises a of the member I to the opening 5so that the blow pipe-like member, which is associated with lowermostpoint of the top surface 6 is directly 15 a confining chamber, whichcontains the objects over said opening 5. which are of light weightwhich are to be blown A cylindrical side wall portion 1 is mounted aboutby the blow pipe, said chamber containon the base I, said base havingthe curved side ing an object which may simulate a person, or wall 8thereof tapering so that it is of frustoanything that may be desired,which is provided conical form, and said cylindrical wall portion I 20with a receptacle, or receptacles, for the pith being wedged thereon soas to fit tightly on said balls, or other light balls into thereceptacles probase portion, the wall portion I being secured to videdtherefor by means of the stream of air the baseportion by means of anysuitable adproduced from the blow pipe or stem portion of hesive to makea tight joint between the memthe device. bers I and I. The member I, inthe form of the 25 It is another purpose of my invention to proinventionshown in Figs. 1 and 2, is of somewhat vide a device of the abovementioned character, larger diameter than the member I in the form whichhas a transparent confining wall and which of the invention shown inFigs. 3, 4 and 5. Howhas an opening for the escape of air at the topever, in both forms of the invention the member thereof, which isprovided with a wire screen, or 1 serves the same purpose and is ofidentically the 30 other perforated member, for the escape of air sameconstruction, being made of transparent therethrough, said outletopening being of such material, such as Celluloid. The member I exa sizethat the air will freely escape and the contends substantially to thebottom of the base I densation of moisture on the transparent wall andhas an opening Ill therein, through which of the device will beprevented. the stem 4 passes. 35

Other objects and advantages of my invention The upper end of eithercylindrical member I will appear as the description of the drawing hasmounted therein and secured thereto in fluid proceeds. However, I do notintend to limit mytight relation a ring-like member II, the same self tothe particular details shown or described, being secured to the member 1by any suitable except as defined in the claims. adhesive and having acentral opening I2 therein 40 In the drawing: through which the air isdischarged from the Fig. l is a perspective view of one form of mychamber formed by means of the member I, I and device, the blow pipe orstem portion being partly I I. A wire screen I3, or other perforatedmembroken away, the transparent wall being partly ber, is mounted ontheinner face of the member in section. I I, being secured thereto bysuitable adhesive 5 Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view sothat the same will be permanently fixed thereto of the lower portion ofthe device shown in Fig. 1. and overlapping the opening I2 so that saidopen- Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l, of a modificaing I2 will becompletely covered by the screen tion. member I3 to prevent escape ofthe balls within Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of the modified thechamber from the device through the air 50 form of device shown in Fig.3, and discharge opening I2. The member I3, prefer- Fig. 5 is afragmentary vertical sectional view ably, is of somewhat smaller outsidediameter of the upper portion of the device shown in Fig. 3. than themember I I so that the screen will not Referring in detail to thedrawing, my new in any way interfere withsecurement of the memblow toycomprises a base portion I, which is her II to the wall portion I1. 55

Mounted within the chamber thus formed and above and slightly out ofalignment with the opening of the passage 5 into the top wall 6 of themember I, is a figure I 4, as shown in Fig. 1, or a figure Hi, as shownin Fig. 3. The figure may assume any desired shape and is provided witha series of receptacles, or pockets, such as shown at l5 in Figs. 1 and2. A plurality of pith balls iii are provided in the chamber, the numberof balls provided being dependent upon the number of pockets that areprovided in connection with the figure. Said pockets may be formed ofthe same piece of material as the figure It, being stamped out of thesame sheet, or may be formed of separate pieces of material secured tothe main figure M in any desired manner.

In Fig. 1, one of the balls I6 is shown as being mounted in one of thepockets l5, said ball having been caused to deposit itself in saidpocket by being blown upwardly by the operator of the toy blowingthrough the pipe 4, whereupon the stream of air issuing through theopening 5 in the top face 6 of the base I will engage with the ball I6that is located over the opening 5, the balls, of course, tending tomove toward the opening due to the inclination of the top wall 6, andthe ball l6 being blown upwardly by the stream of air that is passingout through the opening 5 and passing upwardly against the screen IE, orat least, upwardly toward said screen so that on its downward path backtoward the base I said ball will, if it aligns itself vertically withone of the pockets 15, drop into said pocket and remain there. It willbe obvious that by maneuvering the position of the chamber, that is, bytilting it slightly and blowing on the stem portion 4, the operator caneventually get all of the balls 16 positioned in the various pockets [5.

Instead of providing a plurality of balls I6 and a plurailty of pockets[5, a single ball l6 may be provided, as shown in Fig. 3, and the figureI4 also made of sheet metal, preferably, instead of being provided withpockets I5, may be provided with a pocket I1, which is merely a cup-likeledge or shelf formed on the top of the figure I4, the ball I6 beingadapted to be engaged with this pocket I! in a manner similar to thatpreviously described in connection with the pockets l5.

The toy can beused merely for the amusement of a single person, or agame can be made thereof by providing a time limit in which the ballscan be placed in the pockets by blowing on the stem portion 4. It willbe obvious that the balls It cannot escape from the chamber formed inthe device and that due to the large opening provided in the top H ofthe chamber, any condensation that might otherwise tend to occur becauseof the fact that a person is blowing air from the lungs into thechamber, will be avoided. The figure I4 or M, as the case may be, issecured in position on the member I in any desired manner, such as byinserting the bottom projecting portions of the figure in slots l8 inthe member I and securing the same in position by adhesive.

One of the great advantages of my device is that while the same is atoy, it also serves the purpose of a lung exerciser. The use of thedevice with the competitive feature involved of attempting to place theballs in the pockets provided therefor tends to cause the operator ofthe device to blow continuously until the lungs are substantiallyemptied of air, then inhaling and repeating this numerous times, thusaccomplishing the exercising of the lungs while operating the toy.

What I claim is:-

1. In a blow toy, a chamber having a transparent side wall portion and abottom, a figure provided with a pocket within said chamber, a ball oflight weight material adapted to seat in said pocket also mounted insaid chamber, means for blowing a stream of air into said chamberthrough a discharge opening located in the bottom thereof, and means forconfining said ball in said chamber.

2. In a blow toy, a chamber having a transparent side wall portion and abottom, a figure provided 'With a'pocket within said chamber, a

ball of light weight material adapted to seat in said pocket alsomounted in said chamber, and means for blowing a stream of air into saidchamber through a discharge opening located in said bottom, said bottominclining in all directions from said side Wall portion toward saiddischarge opening.

3. In a blow toy, a chamber having a transparent side wall portion and abottom, a figure provided with a pocket within said chamber, a ball oflight weight material adapted to seat in said pocket also mounted insaid chamber, and means for blowing a stream of air into said chamberthrough a discharge opening located in the bottom thereof, said chamberbeing provided with a top wall portion having an opening thereinprovided with a guard to prevent the escape of the ball through saidopening.

4. In a blow toy, a chamber having a transparent side wall portion and abottom, a sheet metal figure provided with a pocket within said chamber,a ball of light weight material adapted to seat inside said pocket alsomounted in said chamber, and means for blowing a stream of air into saidchamber through a discharge opening located in the bottom thereof, saidchamber having an air outlet provided with means for confining said ballin said chamber.

5. In a device of the character described, a chamber having atransparent wall portion, means within said chamber having a pocket,said chamber having a Wall therein provided with a discharge opening,means for blowing a stream of air into said chamber through saiddischarge opening, a member of light Weight material adapted to beengaged by said stream of air confined within said chamber, and meansfor confining said member of light weight material in said chamber.

6. In a device of the character described, a chamber having a wallprovided with an air inlet opening, means within said chamber adapted tobe engaged by air passing through said inlet opening, said chamberhaving a transparent wall portion, and means for preventing saidtransparent Wall portion from becoming clouded by moisture, comprisingan air exhaust opening larger than said inlet opening and a guard forsaid exhaust opening.

'7. In a device of the character described, a chamber having atransparent wall portion, a member provided with a pocket within saidchamber, a member of light weight material adapted to be seated in saidpocket also mounted in said chamber, means for introducing a stream ofair into said chamber, means permitting free escape of air from saidchamber, and means for preventing the escape of said member of lightweight material through said means permitting the escape of air fromsaid chamber.

8. In a. deviceof the character described, a chamber having atransparent wall portion, a figure within said chamber having a pocketprovided thereon, a member of light weight material also mounted in saidchamber and adapted to be seated in said pocket, means for introducing astream of air into said chamber and means in said chamber for directingsaid member of light weight material into the path of said stream of airwhen not seated in said pocket.

WILLIS J. BERNET'I.

